Congrats to everyone. And I know the struggle, I went with a friend to a bakery yesterday and I purchased the thinnest cheese cake that I have ever seen, and I saved it until today cause I didn't want a jump on the scale anyways,

High weight: 310

Last week's weight: 270.2

This week's weight: 267

-3.2 pounds  this week. Go Christina. Lol. 

I am excited. I am pushing myself like never before. 

So sorry to hear about that experience with your kids - glad they are ok.

I just started my 2 week "liver shrinking" preop diet and had a great first day! Our protein choices need to be less than 200 calories, at least 15 grams of protein, and less than 8 grams of sugar. Here's are the 5 protein choices I had: 

Nitrotec Milk Chocolate protein shake - good!

Pure Protein Strawberry Cream shake - delish!!

Pure Protein Chocolate Salted Caramel protein bar - oh so good!

Ensure high protein milk chocolate - not so good.

One other protein bar but I can't remember the name (got it in our preop class on Tuesday) - wish I knew the name, it was good.

We can have unlimited clear liquids no more than 10 calories/serving. I had Pacific Organic Bone Broth Chicken with Lemongrass - so disappointing, very flat, no flavor. Sugar free jello, Knorr chicken bouillon - tasty comfort, Outshine no added sugar mixed berry frozen pop - good. Tulsi tea - jasmine - great for bedtime serenity. Water with True Lemon added sipped throughout the day. 

I had no hunger at all, felt satisfied throughout the day. Good luck! Hope all goes well for you!

The scale makes no sense sometimes.... I am trying to get onto a more even keel in maintenance. '170' is my Oh S* #... that I have designated. Did hit that this week one day. Usually up my fluids when I have a sudden gain...as it is usually water retention. I weigh daily but My official weigh day I record is Wednesdays...

Highest: 420+

Surgery consult: 383

Last week 168

This week 166 (yay- now if I can just stay at 165/166 for more than a hot minute)

Try Coastal Surgery Specialist in Wilmington and ECU. Those are the only two that I know of on the east coast. There is one towards Winston-Salem. 

http://www.coastalsurgery.com/bariatric.html

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/weightlosssurgery/whatRequirements.cfm

I had gained a pound last week when I weighed from I assumed being in NYC but then I weighed 2 days later because I needed to know if it was water weight or what and I had lost 2 pounds lol so I'm assuming that's what it was. I only count every Monday's weight so that I'm consistent with what I track though. So technically between last Monday and this Monday I lost 5 pounds - wtf?! Not complaining obviously but nothing changed, I ate the same, same activity level, everything. SO RANDOM.

And now I'm only 11 pounds from that normal BMI that I really thought was completely unattainable. And I'm kind of in disbelief and think that I might be able to get there. I'm still only eating 800 calories during the week. On the weekends that DH is off and we do something that goes up to 1000 calories. But I'm also not feeling like I'm starving so I don't see a reason to change it yet and I want to maximize this loss as long as I freaking can.

High Weight: 377

Last week: 165

This week: 160

Mini Goal: 158 by 10/13 (vacation in FL)

Dream Goal: 149 - Normal BMI